Analysis Of Frank Graham s On Racial Profiling - 990 Words

While Mr. Graham s response to racial profiling is understandable, his choice to assimilate validates fears about black people in public places. Graham’s article coupled with the real-life experiences of African Americans as well as articles written about the African American experience in white society all show the futility of African American’s attempts to assimilate into white society. Graham’s actions show that he seems to agree with the popular idea that African Americans are dangerous. Graham’s actions are inappropriate because they validate the fear of black people in public spaces. African Americans are literally demonized by the police, demonstrated when Darren Wilson described Mike Brown as a â€Å"superhuman demon,† and Graham promotes this view of African Americans by making sure his children do not do normal acts like run down the street even though they’re not exercising, carrying a backpack into a store, and even wearing a t-sh irt. By creating these rules, Graham confirms that, when a dark-skinned person of color is not doing these things, they will be in trouble. When Graham states that â€Å"the economic privilege [he] bestowed on [his kids]† would prevent them from being targeted, it shows that he believes that African Americans who are not bestowed with economic privilege should be targeted. Graham’s writes that â€Å"the accoutrements of success† include preppy clothes and â€Å"an air of quiet graciousness.† This is damaging to black people because it goes directlyShow MoreRelatedEssay on Criminological Theories13456 Words   |  54 PagesStudent Study Guide for Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers’ Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Applications Fourth Edition Prepared by Eric See Youngstown State University Roxbury Publishing Company Los Angeles, California 1 Student Study Guide by Eric See for Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application , 4th Edition by Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers Copyright  © 2004 Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CaliforniaRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesand permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturersRead MoreRastafarian79520 Words   |  319 PagesJamaicans regard as their cultural contribution to the world. Later I will return to these issues and will demonstrate how they contribute to the routinization of Rastafari in Jamaica. The nature of this book dictates a heavy reliance on documentary analysis. My focus is interpretation not ethnography. Therefore, I have not sought to generate primary data on the movement but to analyze and re-analyze the growing body of scholarly and popular literature on the movement, including sociological and anthropologicalRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 Pagescarefully analyze the basic tasks that must be performed and try to devise the work systems that allow their organizations to operate most efï ¬ ciently. The Gilbreths Two prominent followers of Taylor were Frank Gilbreth (1868–1924) and Lillian Gilbreth (1878–1972), who reï ¬ ned Taylor’s analysis of work movements and made many contributions to time-and-motion study.15 Their aims were to (1) break up and analyze every individual action necessary to perform a partic- 26 Jones−George: Contemporary